CLEVELAND -- The fan who ran onto the field at Cleveland Browns Stadium during a Steelers-Browns game was sentenced Tuesday to spend Super Bowl weekend in jail.

Nathan Mallett, 24, will begin his three-day sentence on Feb. 3 and won't be allowed to watch the Feb. 5 game on television or listen to it on radio.

Municipal Court Judge Joan Synenberg ordered Mallett not to attend Browns games in Cleveland or any other city for five years as a condition of his probation. He also most perform 150 hours of community service with Browns charities. He could have been sentenced to up to 30 days in jail.

Mallett, who expressed remorse in court, was convicted earlier this month of misdemeanor counts of disorderly conduct while intoxicated and criminal trespassing.

He has said he raced onto the field because he was upset by Pittsburgh's 41-0 win over the Browns on Dec. 24. His jaunt ended when Steelers linebacker James Harrison body-slammed him onto the ground and held him for police.

This is classic. He got off lucky. All judges should do this every year.

I saw this story yesterday and had to laugh. The judge knew what he was doing. Keep a football fan from watching the biggest football game of the year and he'll think twice before pulling off a stunt like that again.

wow!! 5 years and can't attend any Browns games, even on the road.. I think that bites.. he should of never ran onto the field and he got what he deserves, but 5 years.. people get less time for more serious crimes in this world.. well, he should become a Bengal's fan and go to their games..

January 21st, 2006, 2:28 pm

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ChazMaster wrote:

wow!! 5 years and can't attend any Browns games, even on the road.. I think that bites.. he should of never ran onto the field and he got what he deserves, but 5 years.. people get less time for more serious crimes in this world.. well, he should become a Bengal's fan and go to their games..

LoL.. it's not 5 years in jail... it's 5 years away from live football... Personally I don't think the sentence was out of line at all.

January 21st, 2006, 3:29 pm

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Considering child rapists are getting 60 freakin' days...yes that sentence is 1000 times too extreme. The court system in this country is pathetic.

Considering child rapists are getting 60 freakin' days...yes that sentence is 1000 times too extreme. The court system in this country is pathetic.

And by all accounts but the judges that is ridiculous and a tragedy...

Any judge that doesn't think "punishment" is part of the legal system should step down... if it's not about punishment than what is it about?... One definition of a law is a command backed by a threat... if you remove the threat you have nothing...

I would be supportive of the death penalty in extreme (and most are extreme) cases of sexual conduct (both relating to minors AND adults... the rape of a child or an adult).